Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shielding” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

16 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
shielding	14	3	455	(None)
shieling	12	35	1240	1	shiel_ing
bielding	12	23	747	2	_bielding
childing	15	28	850	2	chi_lding
fielding	13	20	686	2	_fielding
hilding	12	37	1353	2	_hi_lding
shedding	14	27	811	2	sh_edding
shelling	12	35	1521	2	sh_elling
shelving	15	27	817	2	sh_elving
shending	13	25	1125	2	sh_ending
shielings	13	23	712	2	shiel_ings
shilling	12	33	1538	2	shi_lling
shredding	15	4	451	2	shredding
spieling	11	32	1252	2	spiel_ing
wielding	13	28	686	2	_wielding
yielding	13	20	503	2	_yielding

Search took 5 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	121436	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	16	3.970	30588.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.422	40409.5